FrancelineLUSIInotebook - Unit 5 Vocabulary

Roaring Twenties--->Economic prosperity- entertainment, happiness, and people being carefree
Prohibition / 18th Amendment--->Banning of alcohol
Herbert Hoover--->president during 1929-1933, he was a republican, conservative, and believed in Laissez faire
Black Tuesday--> Stock market crash
Great Depression--->poverty, depression, unemployment, bankruptcy, farming failures, drought conditions, etc
Smoot-Hawley Tariff-->Laws passed on by congress to raise taxes on imports
Reconstruction Finance Corporation--->A gov't agency to give loans to struggling banks, businesses, etc
Hoover Dam-->was built and provided many jobs and electricity, also prevnt floods
Hooverville--> people who were unemployed lived in shacks
Bonus Army---> WWI veterans wanting their bonus' early
Dust Bowl-->event which were dust storms that hit the region
Public works projects---> jobs from the new deal that provided work for the people
Franklin Delano Roosevelt---> he was president, he defeated Hoover and was the the only president tp serve the longest in presidency
Eleanor Roosevelt--> FDR's wife , she was his eyes, ears , legs and would go out and travel to speak to the people
New Deal--> Programs set by FDR to help the GD
Laissez Faire capitalism---> The govt stay out of economy
Communism---> govt takes control
Huey Long
Father Charles Coughlin
Fireside Chat--->speaking through the radio to the public
Bank Holiday-->legal holiday which banks are closed
Emergency Banking Act--->gave government the opportunity to inspect health of all banks
AAA-->Protected farmers from price drops by giving them money to stop planting crops
CCC-->Jobs that were created for the average american, with little or no training
NIRA-->Government rules for working conditions,Government regulations for business productions
TVA-->Government built dams(Hoover dam) to prevent floods and to sell electricity
FDIC--->provide deposit insurance
SEC--->Regulated stock market
WPA-->Provided/Employed 8.5mil people works in Arts, Theater,Literary projects, and public construction projects
REA-->expansion of electricity, by 1940s 40% American farms electrified
Social Security-->unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled and dependent children
Fair Labor Standards Act-->minimum wage and banned child labor
21st Amendment--->18th amendment repealed
Court-packing-->Unsuccessful attempt to add six additional judges to the supreme court
Black Cabinet--->African Americans were hired as fill posts in the govt
Frances Perkins---> Secretary of Labor
Dorothea Lange---> photographer who captured pictures of people during the Dust bowl
John Steinbeck--->Author, novel:Grapes of wrath

Unit 5 Vocabulary

Prohibition / 18th Amendment--->Banning of alcohol

Herbert Hoover--->president during 1929-1933, he was a republican, conservative, and believed in Laissez faire

Black Tuesday--> Stock market crash

Great Depression--->poverty, depression, unemployment, bankruptcy, farming failures, drought conditions, etc

Smoot-Hawley Tariff-->Laws passed on by congress to raise taxes on imports

Reconstruction Finance Corporation--->A gov't agency to give loans to struggling banks, businesses, etc

Hoover Dam-->was built and provided many jobs and electricity, also prevnt floods

Hooverville--> people who were unemployed lived in shacks

Bonus Army---> WWI veterans wanting their bonus' early

Dust Bowl-->event which were dust storms that hit the region

Public works projects---> jobs from the new deal that provided work for the people

Franklin Delano Roosevelt---> he was president, he defeated Hoover and was the the only president tp serve the longest in presidency

Eleanor Roosevelt--> FDR's wife , she was his eyes, ears , legs and would go out and travel to speak to the people

New Deal--> Programs set by FDR to help the GD

Laissez Faire capitalism---> The govt stay out of economy

Communism---> govt takes control

Huey Long

Father Charles Coughlin

Fireside Chat--->speaking through the radio to the public

Bank Holiday-->legal holiday which banks are closed

Emergency Banking Act--->gave government the opportunity to inspect health of all banks

AAA-->Protected farmers from price drops by giving them money to stop planting crops

CCC-->Jobs that were created for the average american, with little or no training

NIRA-->Government rules for working conditions,Government regulations for business productions

TVA-->Government built dams(Hoover dam) to prevent floods and to sell electricity

FDIC--->provide deposit insurance

SEC--->Regulated stock market

WPA-->Provided/Employed 8.5mil people works in Arts, Theater,Literary projects, and public construction projects

REA-->expansion of electricity, by 1940s 40% American farms electrified

Social Security-->unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled and dependent children

Fair Labor Standards Act-->minimum wage and banned child labor

Court-packing-->Unsuccessful attempt to add six additional judges to the supreme court

Black Cabinet--->African Americans were hired as fill posts in the govt

Frances Perkins---> Secretary of Labor

Dorothea Lange---> photographer who captured pictures of people during the Dust bowl

John Steinbeck--->Author, novel:Grapes of wrath